Welfare Chauvinism East and West: Romania

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Welfare Chauvinism East and WestRomania France

• Florin Fesnic
• University of Illinois
• fesnic_at_uiuc.edu

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Defining welfare chauvinism

• Extreme (Radical ) Right authoritarian
  pro-capitalist
• Welfare chauvinism authoritarian
  anti-capitalist
• (Kitschelt 1995)

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Roadmap

• Puzzle rise of welfare chauvinist parties
• Approach most different cases design (France vs.
  Romania)
• Answer similar explanatory variables
• Lead to similar outcomes

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Contribution

• Broad comparison E-W similarities
• French NF welfare chauvinist
• Romanian GRP a neglected case
• Ro Fr logic of competition

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Demand meets supply
Transition
Social context
Demand
W.C.vote
Supply
Politics
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Transition demand

• France post-industrial
• Romania post-socialist
• One similar consequence
• Losers young, urban, blue-collar males with
  little education

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Next Steps

• How does transition affect social groups?
• Longitudinal survey data
• Changes in attitudes
• Changes in party preference
• Payoff and limits of WC